A York primary school’s Pupil Parliament has artistically transformed toilet blocks to help improve children’s mental health. Youngsters at Park Grove Primary Academy enlisted the skills of local artist Jess Beniston to bring to life their ideas to turn functional but uninspiring spaces into something more special. “We chose ways to improve mental health as...Read More

The hard work of apprentices who have successfully completed their courses in the education sector has been celebrated at the first graduation ceremony of its kind in York. Ebor Academy Trust, which operates 23 schools across York, Selby, Hull, the East Riding and on the Yorkshire Coast, presented certificates to apprentices at their business centre...Read More

Ebor Academy Trust is joining forces with City of York Council to provide an additional Enhanced Resource Provision (ERP) for young children with communication and interaction needs in York.   The new provision, to be introduced at Lakeside Primary Academy, on Clifton Moor, will run on the same lines as the flourishing provision at Haxby...Read More

Apprentices learning how to effectively support children in schools and nurseries are receiving high quality training from Ebor Academy Trust, say Ofsted inspectors. In awarding the work of the apprenticeships team a judgement of “Good” in all areas, inspectors said apprentices “develop significant and relevant new skills, knowledge and behaviours” and that they feel valued and...Read More

There’s been a “big dig” at Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy. The school is planning to establish a brand new allotment site and nearly 50 people came along earlier this month from across the community to help fill raised beds with soil, dig out new planting spaces and build paths. Not content with digging, the team...Read More

Children have designed their own bunting to commemorate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. In an Ebor Academy Trust-wide competition among all its 23 primary schools, three winners were chosen from a wealth of entries – Isla, aged 9, Haxby Road; Brooke, aged 10, Marfleet; and Sophie aged 11 from Sproatley. The bunting was professionally produced...Read More

Children at Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy received an unexpected treat when Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis publicly thanked Ellie Blackley’s Year 1 class on Instagram for their cards and messages of support. The EastEnders actress – who was born deaf and uses British Sign Language (BSL) – scored a perfect 40 alongside professional dancer...Read More

Children at a Selby school are taking action to help homelessness in the town. Years 3 and 4 at Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy gathered donations of adult clothes, toiletries and tinned food to help support people in the local community and even experienced what a soup kitchen might be like when there’s nowhere else to...Read More

A thank-you letter from England football manager Gareth Southgate awaited a class from Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy in Selby when they returned to school after the summer break. Year 3 pupils had written to the football boss following the national team’s defeat in the final of Euro2020 against Italy – and subsequent social media...Read More

Education inspectors Ofsted have awarded top marks to Ebor Academy Trust for its apprenticeship programmes. We attracted “significant progress” in all three judgement areas. This rare achievement is only shared by between five and ten per cent of training providers across the country. Ebor is currently the only training provider to achieve the maximum award...Read More